Hello. I'm a little freaked out, and I can't find info on my predicament anywhere online.
So in Ohio like with most the USA I can't change my birth certificate. My new name was amended, but my gender change cannot be. I have changed my gender with the Ohio BMV and federally with Social Security.

But I'm in quite a worry right now. I plan to move to Colorado next May. I'm worried that I will, again, have to change it on my driver's licenses because I am not legally able to change it with my birth certificate. I still have the letter on doctor's office's letterhead that my doctor wrote for Social Security gender change. I'm very worried as unlike Ohio, Colorado still has the "must have surgery the whole 9 yards" to change gender marker on licenses. And on top of my 40k+ college debt, and paycheck to paycheck living there's no was in this world or the next I'd be able to afford 12k surgery.

I'm moving to Colorado to live with my boyfriend. I still plan to even if this turns out to be as bad as I think it will be.
My Ohio licenses is male, my Social Security is male. But my birth certificate is female. What will they go with? How screwed am I?

Quote from: jacobLEE on November 22, 2017, 09:46:47 AM
Hello. I'm a little freaked out, and I can't find info on my predicament anywhere online.
So in Ohio like with most the USA I can't change my birth certificate. My new name was amended, but my gender change cannot be. I have changed my gender with the Ohio BMV and federally with Social Security.

But I'm in quite a worry right now. I plan to move to Colorado next May. I'm worried that I will, again, have to change it on my driver's licenses because I am not legally able to change it with my birth certificate. I still have the letter on doctor's office's letterhead that my doctor wrote for Social Security gender change. I'm very worried as unlike Ohio, Colorado still has the "must have surgery the whole 9 yards" to change gender marker on licenses. And on top of my 40k+ college debt, and paycheck to paycheck living there's no was in this world or the next I'd be able to afford 12k surgery.

I'm moving to Colorado to live with my boyfriend. I still plan to even if this turns out to be as bad as I think it will be.
My Ohio licenses is male, my Social Security is male. But my birth certificate is female. What will they go with? How screwed am I?

colorado will honor your gender marker for your lisence.  I used to live there

Hi jacobLEE, welcome to Susan's Place! I'm guessing you would just go the registry and get a new license based on your old one. Why would they ask for a birth certificate?

Hugs, Devlyn

Thank you both.

In reading up on transferring my Ohio id to Colorado, I've read birth certificate will be required (which cannot be changed or amended in Ohio in reguards to gender by Ohio law). Which is why I'm inquiring if I'm going to have to go through the entire licenses marker change ordeal again.

Huh, I would have thought current ID would be enough. Good luck with this.

Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: jacobLEE on November 22, 2017, 10:04:00 AM
Thank you both.

In reading up on transferring my Ohio id to Colorado, I've read birth certificate will be required (which cannot be changed or amended in Ohio in reguards to gender by Ohio law). Which is why I'm inquiring if I'm going to have to go through the entire licenses marker change ordeal again.

it is needed, but only as a secondary identification, the gender marker on the birth cirtificate won't get in your way for a second.

Glad to help hun

They want a birth certificate to prove you are in the country legally.
Do you have a passport or is your Ohio license an enhanced one?

No passport, never needed one. And unless the Ohio EDL law applied for everyone and now just truckers - it's a ordinary licenses.

Hi, Jacob!

Welcome to Susan's.  Please feel free to stop by the Introductions forum to tell the members about yourself.

Sorry that I can't be of much help with your identification.  Each jurisdiction has its own rules.  Any time I have moved, the DMV has just asked for my old license and copied the information off it onto my new license, hassle-free.  But of course, I have never moved from Ohio to Colorado so that doesn't necessarily mean much.

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If you have copies of the original paperwork, Colorado may accept it when you apply for your new License. If you don't, you might see if the court can provide duplicates for your to take with you. If the proper information is contained in the documents it can be used in another state. The second link is the most useful but the first link may contain information that may be useful as well.
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dmv/licenses
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dmv/change-your-name

I had the gender marker changed on my Colorado drivers license earlier this year. All it required was a form from my OB/GYN that manages my hrt and twenty five dollars (the cost of a new license). No problems, no questions asked. The license bureau will provide the form that your doctor needs to fill in and sign. There are several web sites discussing gender and name change requirements for Colorado. Most of the larger communities have gender identity centers that can help you if any issues do arise but I think that it will be a lot less of an issue than you are expecting.

Anne